Ronald James "Ron" Kind (b. March 16, 1963) is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Wisconsin. Kind represents the 3rd congressional district of Wisconsin and was first elected to the House in 1996. He was re-elected in 2012.[1]

2011-12

Issues

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Kind voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[6]

Full history

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2010

On November 2, 2010, Ron Kind won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dan Kapanke (R) and Michael Krsiean (Independent Citizen for Constitutional Government) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Ron Kindincumbent

50.3%

126,380

Republican

Dan Kapanke

46.5%

116,838

Independent Citizen for Constitutional Government

Michael Krsiean

3.2%

8,001

Scattering

Scattering

0%

121

Total Votes

251,340

2008

On November 4, 2008, Ron Kind won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Paul Stark (R) and Kevin Barrett (L) in the general election.[10]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 2008

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Ron Kindincumbent

63.2%

225,208

Republican

Paul Stark

34.4%

122,760

Libertarian

Kevin Barrett

2.3%

8,236

N/A

Scattering

0.1%

196

Total Votes

356,400

2006

On November 7, 2006, Ron Kind won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Paul R. Nelson (R) in the general election.[11]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 2006

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Ron Kindincumbent

64.8%

163,322

Republican

Paul R. Nelson

35.1%

88,523

N/A

Scattering

0.1%

242

Total Votes

252,087

2004

On November 2, 2004, Ron Kind won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dale W. Schultz (R) in the general election.[12]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 2004

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Ron Kindincumbent

56.4%

204,856

Republican

Dale W. Schultz

43.5%

157,866

N/A

Scattering

0.1%

286

Total Votes

363,008

2002

On November 5, 2002, Ron Kind won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Arndt (R) and Jeff Zastrow (L) in the general election.[13]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 2002

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Ron Kindincumbent

62.8%

131,038

Republican

Bill Arndt

33.5%

69,955

Libertarian

Jeff Zastrow

3.2%

6,674

N/A

Scattering

0.4%

914

Total Votes

208,581

2000

On November 7, 2000, Ron Kind won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Susan Tully (R) in the general election.[14]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 2000

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Ron Kindincumbent

63.7%

173,505

Republican

Susan Tully

35.9%

97,741

N/A

Scattering

0.4%

966

Total Votes

272,212

1998

On November 3, 1998, Ron Kind won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Troy A. Brechler (R) in the general election.[15]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 1998

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Ron Kindincumbent

71.5%

128,256

Republican

Troy A. Brechler

28.4%

51,001

N/A

Scattering

0.1%

191

Total Votes

179,448

1996

On November 5, 1996, Ron Kind won election to the United States House. He defeated James E. Harsdorf (R) in the general election.[16]

U.S. House, Wisconsin District 3 General Election, 1996

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Ron Kind

52%

121,967

Republican

James E. Harsdorf

47.8%

112,146

N/A

Scattering

0.2%

537

Total Votes

234,650

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for McKinley is available dating back to 2010. Based on available campaign finance records, McKinley raised a total of $8,480,900 during that time period. This information was last updated on April 5, 2013.[17]

Analysis

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, Kind missed 261 of 11,065 roll call votes from January 1997 to April 2013. This amounts to 2.4%, which is worse than the median of 2.1% among current congressional representatives as of April 2013.[20]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Kind paid his congressional staff a total of $919,663 in 2011. Overall, Wisconsin ranks 32nd in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[21]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Kind's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $486,023 and $1,506,999. That averages to $996,511, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874. His average net worth increased by 9.57% from 2010.[22]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Kind's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $202,024 to $1,616,997. That averages to $909,510.50, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.[23]

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Kind was 1 of 2 members who ranked 138th in the liberal rankings in 2012.[24]